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Insights on friendship, connection, and building a stronger social life.
August 27, 2026
What Does “Make a Friend” Really Mean?
What would happen if you got better at making friends instead of just trying to find them?
August 27, 2026
Be One Version of Yourself and Trust Builds Faster
Why do we trust some people and not others? The difference may be behavioral variance: how much of the same person shows up when circumstances change.
August 27, 2026
Turn People Chemistry Into Friendship Alchemy
Human chemistry is not a passive process. Alchemy shows us how to change contacts into good friends.
August 26, 2026
Politeness Is the Fast Food of Friendship
Politeness keeps social life running smoothly. But between close friends, too much of it can create distance, hide small problems and quietly spend the relationship. Maybe one reward of friendship is earning the freedom to stop managing each other.
August 25, 2026
Develop Hobbies and Make Friends Before You Retire
Retirement can leave you with more free time and fewer people to spend it with. The hobbies and friendships that make those years rich can take much longer to build than most of us expect.
August 24, 2026
What Makes a Good Party?
Why do some parties with great food, wine and entertainment still fall flat, while simpler gatherings leave a luxurious emotional feel? The answer may be how much room the party leaves for the people to find each other.
August 20, 2026
Before You Repair a Relationship, Ask What You Want Back
Relationships change. Sometimes the right response is repair. Sometimes it is accepting that the relationship still has value, just in a different form. And sometimes it is recognizing that something good has simply run its course.
August 16, 2026
Chat Equity and Functional Capital
Relational history matters. Old friends often get more leeway because years of shared experience create relationship resilience. I didn’t expect to discover something similar after eleven months of working with an AI, until I tried starting over with another one.
August 15, 2026
What Friendship Is Made Of
What is friendship made of? How does it form, and what makes it stronger? After many months of exploring those questions, I think I finally have an answer.